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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Narrow \Nar"row\, a. [Compar. {Narrower}; superl. {Narrowest}.] [OE. narwe, naru, AS nearu; akin to OS naru, naro.] 1. Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side as a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem. Hath passed in safety through the narrow seas. --Shak. 2. Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed. The Jews were but a small nation, and confined to a narrow compass in the world. --Bp. Wilkins. 3. Having but a little margin; having barely sufficient space, time, or number, etc.; close near -- with special reference to some peril or misfortune; as a narrow shot; a narrow escape; a narrow majority. --Dryden. 4. Limited as to means straitened; pinching; as narrow circumstances. 5. Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as a narrow mind; narrow views. ``A narrow understanding.'' --Macaulay. 6. Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish. A very narrow and stinted charity. --Smalridge. 7. Scrutinizing in detail; close accurate; exact. But first with narrow search I must walk round This garden, and no corner leave unspied. --Milton. 8. (Phon.) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; -- distinguished from wide; as [=e] ([=e]ve) and [=oo] (f[=oo]d), etc., from [i^] ([i^]ll) and [oo^] (f[oo^]t), etc See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] 13. Note: Narrow is not unfrequently prefixed to words especially to participles and adjectives, forming compounds of obvious signification; as narrow-bordered, narrow-brimmed, narrow-breasted, narrow-edged, narrow-faced, narrow-headed, narrow-leaved, narrow-pointed, narrow-souled, narrow-sphered, etc {Narrow gauge}. (Railroad) See Note under {Gauge}, n., 6. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Narrow \Nar"row\, v. i. 1. To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as the sea narrows into a strait. 2. (Man.) Not to step out enough to the one hand or the other as a horse narrows. --Farrier's Dict. 3. (Knitting) To contract the size of a stocking or other knit article, by taking two stitches into one From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Narrow \Nar"row\, n.; pl {Narrows}. A narrow passage; esp., a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water; -- usually in the plural; as The Narrows of New York harbor. Near the island lay on one side the jaws of a dangerous narrow. --Gladstone. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Narrow \Nar"row\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Narrowed}; p. pr & vb n. {Narrowing}.] [AS. nearwian.] 1. To lessen the breadth of to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of --Sir W. Temple. 2. To contract the reach or sphere of to make less liberal or more selfish; to limit; to confine; to restrict; as to narrow one's views or knowledge; to narrow a question in discussion. Our knowledge is much more narrowed if we confine ourselves to our own solitary reasonings. --I. Watts. 3. (Knitting) To contract the size of as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: narrow adj 1: not wide; "a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page" [ant: {wide}] 2: limited in size or scope; "the narrow sense of a word" 3: lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view; "a brilliant but narrow-minded judge"; "narrow opinions" [syn: {narrow-minded}] [ant: {broad-minded}] 4: very limited in degree; "won by a narrow margin"; "a narrow escape" [ant: {wide}] 5: characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination; "a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny"; "an exact and minute report" [syn: {minute}] n : a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water v 1: make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed" [syn: {contract}] [ant: {widen}] 2: define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game" [syn: {pin down}, {peg down}, {nail down}, {narrow down}, {specify}] 3: become more special; "We specialize in dried flowers" [syn: {specialize}, {narrow down}] [ant: {diversify}] 4: become tight ar as if tight; "Her throat constricted" [syn: {constrict}, {constringe}]
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